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Delaware Circuit Court 5 Judge Thomas Cannon Jr. had found Smith guilty of the misdemeanor after a March 2012 bench trial, but the Indiana Court of Appeals, in January 2013, overturned the conviction.

Delaware County prosecutors contended Smith violated state law in November 2010 when he failed to immediately alert authorities, including off-dity police officer working at the school as security guards, of a 16-year-old ...